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I've decided that today's Cut of the Day will actually be a medley. Today, you will hear nothing but songs from South Park episodes. And why? Because I'm easily amused like that. The first one is dedicated to the L.A. Galaxy and Real Salt Lake...Let's flip the channel to ESPN for both a preview ...
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Egypt
Let's dip into the playoff poll again, this time with one of the fallen favorites. We corralled Houston radio man Brian Zygo to tackle our Dynamo answers.NSC: What went wrong?BZ: In simple terms, a lack a finishing, the Houston Dynamo were having trouble putting the ball in the net. It took over ...
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Houston Dynamo
Oh man, I twisted the holy hell out of my ankle last night. Came down from a jump halfway on someone else's foot in the last minute of the game. Suddenly, my four flights of stairs up aren't so charming...#1 - Landon Donovan is your MLS MVP. He also won Goal of the Year. Somehow, he was beaten ...
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France
noshortcorners.com - 42 hours ago
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Our old ASD colleague Alex Abnos is an
idea man, a musician.Today, he has all sorts of
ideas on how to orchestrate a comeback season for the Kansas City Wizards. Lots of ideas. And-a-one-and-a-two...What went wrong?The short answer: this.The long ...
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Three simple questions: Kansas City Wizards
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Yeah, we had to do this one sooner or later. And being the Empire Supporters Club die-hard that he is, my former American Soccer Daily co-hort Jason Endres found a way to make the "What went right?" answer as long as the "What went wrong?" answer. But ya know what... that's New Yawk, baby. Now ...
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New York Red Bulls
With Uruguay seeing off Costa Rica, the field for World Cup 2010 has been completed.Africa - Algeria, Cameroon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, South AfricaAsia - Australia, Japan, North Korea, South KoreaEurope - Denmark, England, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Serbia, ...
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Ireland's exit was the stuff of nightmares if, like me, you have green blood coursing through your veins, or just cheer the underdog.Thierry Henry of all people...I've met him twice away from football and he is unfailingly charming off-field as he is scintillating on. But cross the white line ...
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France
World Cup
It will be talked about for a long time: a World Cup berth "handed" to France. Thierry's Henry helping hand assist (and a blown offside call) teed up William Gallas for the extra time clincher to leave Ireland feeling backhanded...... but that was hardly the only drama on hand.Earlier, Algeria, ...
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World Cup
France
Greece
Portugal
Ukraine
Russia
Until espn2 picks up the game, I'm relying on a sometimes reliable Danish stream, so let's hope we have no problems.As always, you can also follow along at the U.S. Soccer Matchtracker.The USMNT line-up:Guzan; Hejduk, Spector, Bocanegra, Bornstein, Holden, Bradley, Clark, Feilhaber, Altidore, ...
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Denmark
As you might expect, we have plenty of things going on today. Two or three plenties worth, actually...#1 - Let's begin with my double interview with Real Salt Lake strikers Robbie Findley and Yura Movsisyan.Other RSL tidbits:- Rogue Cavaliers Brigade blog Denz's Sopabox has interview videos- ...
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World Cup
MLS Cup
England
Germany
Today, we continue our series by launching an inquest into our first playoff team, the Revs. How they managed to make the postseason, I'll Nicol know... erm... never know, but luckily we have someone here to make sense of all things Beantown ball. For this one, I pass it over to former American ...
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New England Revolution
Shalrie Joseph
I was watching Eastbound & Down again, and it hit me: we need a soccer equivalent, perhaps set in England to raise the likelihood of someone being that big a star at one point. I'm gonna think about this more, you watch TV...The ESPN Press Pass crew look ahead to a few of the remaining World Cup ...
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England
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Italy
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Netherlands
The mission is simple if you choose to accept it: score USMNT ducats for the Cup next summer.Your first set of instructions is here.This message will not self-destruct, but chances are good it will go make peanut butter toast because it is hungry.- Greg Seltzer
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It was a difficult year for the Bay Area boot squad, but an easy choice on who to ask for some answers. Sorting through the Earthquakes rubble for us is ESPN & Center Line Soccer all-star Jeff Carlisle.NSC: What went wrong?JC: Just about everything. Players like Francisco Lima and Scott Sealy ...
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San Jose Earthquakes
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Scott Sealy
Darren Huckerby
And by MLS Best XI's, plural, I mean the official league edition and Du Nord's three-layer extravaganza.How much do I agree with these lists? I guess you'll have to wait until I unveil my team of the season over at S365 later in the week.- Greg Seltzer
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Another international has shockingly been lost. Former MLS target Antonio De Nigris, who was playing with Greek side Larissa, has died of a heart attack at the age of 31.This is hitting the El Tri community hard, as you might imagine. NSC condolences go out to his family, friends, teammates and ...
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Mexico
We move along in our series with the Rapids, who wildly disappointed fans by slumping down the stretch to miss out on the playoffs thanks to a closing day loss to arch rivals Real Salt Lake - who have added insult to injury by making it to MLS Cup. Yeesh. For this autopsy/look ahead, we turn to ...
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Colorado Rapids
A few NSC programming notes: there will be no Who likes goals? today, there will be a U.S. v Denmark LIVE post on Wednesday and I will name my own MLS Best XI at S365 later in the week. And now, your Monday morning croissants, juice and papers...#1 - The World Cup finals field for South Africa ...
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Denmark
England
Netherlands
Scotland
It may have been a lighter weekend slate than usual, but we still woke up with a smoldering farm shed on Sunday morning. This week's prize match saw Nigeria rally from behind to take the lead and then require a late winner at Kenya.And all they got for their WCQ closing day troubles was a place ...
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World Cup
Nigeria
noshortcorners.com - 6 days ago
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I'm not in the mood to mince words
or getting all wound up through great elaboration, so
I'll cut right to the point.Today, USMNT coach Bob Bradley called 23 players for a midweek friendly against Denmark in Aarhus, yet stunningly ignored AGF attacker ...
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Seriously... what the hell is he thinking?
